BEIJING: The death toll from China’s coronavirus outbreak on Saturday rose to 1,523 and the number of people who have been infected with the coronavirus across China has reached 66,492.
According to the National Health Commission, as of midnight on February 14, the Health authorities received information about 66,492 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by a new type of coronavirus from 31 provinces, regions and municipalities], including 56,873 currently ill people.
while, 11,053 people are in critical condition, 1,523 have died, 8,096 people have been discharged from hospitals, officials added.
The new strain of coronavirus – COVID-19-was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, in the province of Hubei, in December and has since spread to more than 25 countries.
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